By Myra Chanin I always cry Hallelujah whenever I see the name of Jerry Herman on a theater program. I think he is the most under-appreciated of all Broadway composers and I have no idea why. He writes wonderful songs for great, uplifting shows. He’s composed...

By Sandi Durell We are each inspired by others who allow us to dream. Ella was that great inspiration to Andrea Frierson – book writer and performer in Me and Ella (two time Helen Hayes Award nominee, with numerous Broadway credits) that is currently in...

A charming, simple revival of Jerry Herman’s first Broadway Musical By Joel Benjamin Despite dating myself, I freely admit that as a kid I saw the original Broadway production of the 1961 Jerry Herman/Don Appell Milk and Honey. My date was my first cousin, Sharon (now a...

by Linda Amiel Burns A Taste of Things To Come, an original musical based on four women’s lives in the 1950’s & 60’s, sparkles at the York Theatre for a limited run. What a joy to visit the newly refurbished York Theatre and see this delightful new musical, A Taste of...

The cast and creative team of the upcoming “A Taste of Things to Come” spoke with the press and performed two of the show’s songs at the York Theatre Company at Saint Peter’s Church at Citicorp, where they will begin performances on November 9, readying for a...

Two-time Tony Award winner Tammy Grimes, known for her gritty voice and identifiable charm, died Sunday in Englewood, N.J. at the age of 82. The Broadway star was born in Lynn, Mass. to Luther Nichols and Eola Willard in 1934. She attended Stephens College in Columbia, Mo. before...

by Monica Charline Brown Starting Here, Starting Now is running at the The York Theatre Company, playing ten performances only through this Sunday afternoon March 20. This material has not been performed in New York City since the seventies. Clearly, forty years have...

By: Sandi Durell The current production of Rothschild & Sons, at the York Theatre Company at St. Peter’s, has been reworked by its lyricist Sheldon Harnick (now 91) and book writer, Sherman Yellen, in a reimagined one-act production of one hour, 45minutes (no...

A spirited musical journey through the life of one of the great Hollywood stars—and native New Yorkers—James Cagney. By Joel Benjamin Peter Colley (book), Robert Creighton & Christopher McGovern (music & lyrics) have fashioned a lovely, yet...

Review by Samuel L. Leiter Whether or not you can actually find a wide range of spirituals, cowboy songs, and country hymns on rural Texas jukeboxes, they’re the only selections you’ll hear in Texas in Paris, a pleasantly entertaining if dramatically...

By Brian Scott Lipton Photos/Video: Sandi Durell Perhaps we truly cannot go “back to before,” but Broadway songwriters Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty saw 30 years pass before their eyes in just a few hours on Monday, November 24 as they were celebrated at the York Theatre Company’s...

Review by Susan Hasho Saturday Night is Sondheim’s first musical written in his early 20s. The director Stafford Arima has dusted it off, cast it with ebulliently talented actors and casually set it on music stands with rollers—to shine, fresh and innocent....

The York Theater Company launches its 2014 Fall “Musicals in Mufti” Series with revised version of BIG, the Maltby & Shire Musical from the 1996 Broadway season. By: Linda Amiel Burns Big, the musical was one of the most anticipated...